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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. When do Sylvie and Ruth leave the island?

2. What does Lucille complain to her friends about?

3. What is wrong with the curtain in the kitchen?

4. How does Ruth feel about Sylvie trying to change?

5. What do neighboring women bring to Ruth and Sylvie?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Ruth and Lucille try to sew?

2. What do Sylvie and Ruth do the morning they return from the island?

3. What does Sylvie do when she and Ruth stop at an abandoned farmhouse on the island?

4. What do the girls do when the weather turns warm?

5. What does Sylvie do when Lucille asks about her husband?

6. What happens when the sheriff comes to the house to see about the fire Sylvie lit to burn trash?

7. When Lucille turns the lights on in the kitchen one night what does she see?

8. What does Lucille decide she and Ruth need to do about their life?

9. Why does Sylvie wake Ruth up before dawn after Lucille has left?

10. When the school sends letters to Sylvie about the girls' truancy, what does Sylvie do?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What do you think Ruth and Lucille's life would look like if their mother had not committed suicide?

Essay Topic 2

Do think Sylvie is mentally ill? Use examples from the book to support your position.

Essay Topic 3

Lucille finally gives up on Sylvie and gets taken in by a teacher at school. How did this affect Ruth? How do you think you would have reacted to the same situation?

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